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M. N. FORNEY.

RAILWAY GAR BODY.

No. 414,035. Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

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MATTI'IIAS NACE FORNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y'.

RAI LWAY-CAR BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,035, dated October 29, 1889.

Application filed August 26, 1886. Renewed August 24, 1889 Serial No. 321,850. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHIAS NAOE FOR- NEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Railway-Car Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

To fully understand the nature and object of my invention it must be known that the window-sills of ordinary railway-cars are placed about two and a half feet above the floor, which is too high to afford a comfortable rest for the arm of the occupant of the seat next to the window. IVith the car-seats commonly in use this distance cannot be easily reduced, as the pivot on which the reversible backs turn In the drawings, A represents the outer cas- 5o ing of the side of a car, which, with the studding A and inner casing A, constitutes the entire thickness of the side.

D is the window-sill, the inner edge of which My improvement consists in making the window-sill as described and shown in the drawings, cutting away the inner casing A to a distance, say, six or eight inches below must be situated below the window-sill.

In view of the invention in car-seats for which Letters Patent No. 32%,825 were granted to me 011 the 25th day of August, 1885, I am enabled to arrange the car-window sill without reference to the car-seat, and can therefore place it at such height as will make it most convenient for the passenger sitting next to the Window.

By experience I find that the most convenient height for the arm-rest is about two feet from the floor; but should the window-sill be placed at that height it would be entirely too low for safety, and there would be danger of 0 children falling out, and passengers would be liable to let their elbows, arms, or feet project beyond the sash and outside of the car when the sill D, thus forming a recess extending outward to the inner surface of the casing A, and then inserting the board E to form an armrest. It will be seen that the arm-restthus formed is much wider and lower than in the ordinary construction of car-windows, and increased comfort is thus assured to the occupant of the seat next the window.

To the inside edge of the window-sill, which is sloped outwardly in the usual manner, I attach the guard F, which consists of a strip 75. of metal with a serrated, toothed, or sharpened edge. This guard, for obvious reasons, makes it uncomfortable for passengers who shall place their arms over or upon it. The guard also serves to prevent the entrance to the car of water from the outside.

the window is open.

IVith my invention, as hereinafter described, I retain the window-sill at the usual height and form below the window-sill a recessed arm-rest which is at the proper distance from the fioor.

In the further description of the said invention which follows, reference is made. to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure I is a view of the car window and frame, together with the improved arm-rest, as seen from the inside of the car; and Fig. II is a vertical section of Fig. I taken on the dotted line 00 00.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in both figures.

I claim as my invention l. In a railway-car, an arm-rest formed by 2. In a railway-car, a portion of the side of the car below the window-sash reduced in 0 thickness from the inner side of the car, the v cavity thus formed extending under the said sash, whereby an arm-rest is formed, substantially as specified.

MATTHIAS NACE FORNEY. Witnesses:

RICHARD H. BUEL, GEO. C. DE LAoY. 

